by STrRedWolf
It's rather funny/strange that while the NEC does have Thruway service... the connection is at BWI Airport. I would think more services at other places.
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njt/mnrrbuff wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 5:02 pm It would be nice to have some more Thruway bus options at Harrisburg for those people heading to Baltimore to catch trains that continue beyond DC. What about those people traveling to York, Pa from NYP, NWK, and PHL to Lancaster on a Keystone-provide more buses to those people between Lancaster and York.Rabbit Transit provides that service already. It's their rabbitEXPRESS service. The 83N is Harrisburg to York, and 83S connects at York to go to Hunt Valley & Timonium and the MTA Maryland Light Rail to Baltimore. (15N for Gettysburg to Harrisburg)
mtuandrew wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 4:14 pm I doubt Massachusetts’ Congresspeople would allow for that. However, you could feasibly run the BOS sleeper via NYP and the Shore Line - it wouldn’t take alot longer than via the B&A.It would have to be a different route, but it's doable. Boston / NYP / Pit / Chicago.
Rockingham Racer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:46 pm It would have to be a different route, but it's doable. Boston / NYP / Pit / Chicago.Boy Mr. Anderson would really like you. So Amtrak can just forget all the intermediate passengers (O&D) east of Toledo and west of Boston ? That is not the way to go. more contraction of the LD routes is not the way to go.
Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:46 am When will finally be time to admit that the Boston & Albany stations would best be served by bus?I think the answer largely depends on what the Commonwealth has planned for East-West service. At this time expansion appears to be on the table "eventually" (much sooner than the "never" of the PC era ... ).
Rockingham Racer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:46 pmIt would have to be a different route, but it's doable. Boston / NYP / Pit / Chicago.Why would it have to go via the Broadway route? The Empire Connection dumps trains into the western end of Penn Station, pointed toward Sunnyside Yard. It would only take an engine change to go CHI - BUF - ALB - NYP - NHV - BOS.
east point wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:50 pmI said it was doable. I did not say I think it should be done. Mr Anderson probably would not like me.Rockingham Racer wrote: ↑Mon Nov 18, 2019 5:46 pm It would have to be a different route, but it's doable. Boston / NYP / Pit / Chicago.Boy Mr. Anderson would really like you. So Amtrak can just forget all the intermediate passengers (O&D) east of Toledo and west of Boston ? That is not the way to go. more contraction of the LD routes is not the way to go.